Game.



E. O. THALINGER.

GAME. APPLICATION man. MAY 25,1918.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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IST BASE ZONE.

2ND BASE ZONE.

HOME

i ERNEST OSCAR THALNGER, OF ST, LOUIS. MISSOURI.

GAME.

Lenssen."

To all wko/u z'zmag/ concern.'

Beit known that I, ERNEST OSCAR THA- LINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at'tlie city of St. Louis und State of Missouri, have invented. :t new and useful Gaine, of which the following 1s n specilication.

This invention relates to' improvements in ga1nes,^and consists in the novel construction hereinafter described. y,

An object of the invention is to provide a gaine simulating the genre of base ball which may be played upon atuble or support for the purpose of amusement, either by juveniles .or adultswithout the exercise ot any unusual amount `of skill, but which combines a suiiicient degree of skill with chance tovk impart to it ahigh degree of interest for the players.

With the foregoing general purpose in. view, rliuve designed the construction here inatter described, reference being inudeto the accompanying! drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan vview of theganie set up for operation.V

Fig. 2 is a; plan view of the actuator tor- I batting the ball.

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the actuating device. y

, The gerne comprises a board designated in such .a manner as to .constitute a counter to determine the valuation ofthe play which consists in projecting upon the eldn/ball by means of smechnnical actuator. `The gaine board is preferably formed so us to constitute a rectangular field l, the sect-ions of the board being flexibly secured together upon the lines 2 and 3, so that it may be folded into smell compass. One face of the board is ruled to' repre- 'sent a base bell diamond indicated by 4,

the home plete being nt one edge oit the board at e point approximately internief diete the length of the side. The board is also ruled so as to form four valve Zones designuted on the drawin as 1st buse zone, 2nd buse zone, Srd se zone, and Home zone, 'sind at various positions on the board and placed so es to introduce an element of chance into the game are zones Idesignated on thev drawing by the Word 0ut. The value of cach play is determined by the position ofthe bull utter it has been projected from the actuator. Thus,

if the ball comes to rest behind the foul line the play counts as ugfoul strike according Specification of Letters Patent.

radium um. e. iene.

. ennesima mea may 25, me. serial. No. 236,453.

to the usual rules ot' base ball. It the bull comes to rest' within any ot' the spaces designated Out", the pl-.iy is so counted. If, however. it falls within the value zones, a disk or counter is placed upon' the buse corresponding to the value of the z'one in which the ball comes to rest, for instance, it the ball comes to rest within the 1st base zone a counter is placed upon lirst base. It' the next operation ot' the actuator causes the ball to t'all within the 2nd base zone the counter ou the vfirst base is moved forward to third base und a second counter is .placed on second base. It the next open "ation results in the ball being played in the L"3rd base zone" the counters on second and third base au` moved to home base, thus scoring' two runs. results in a home run the counter on third base is moved boinc and a home run is scored,resulting in tour runs.

Each player operatesthe actuator in sue- Ilt the next operation enl cession, continuing the operation until three .y

,carry out the similitude ot' the gaine. Ab

tuched to the reur face of the member (i is ai standard 7 having a cylindrical extension 8 at its lower end adapted to seat Vin an opening 9 in the base to support the batter in upright position. lNear th` upper end of the standard T is a channel 10 to receive u bat in the form ot' a lever 11 which is pivoted on uy removable pin 12 extending through an opening in the lever und a cylindrical recess 13 extending inwardly from the top of the standard. The short arm o't' the lever l1 isv rounded at its extremity as indicated at 14 and the lon arm of the lever is in the forni of n. paddle which extends beyond the batter with the wide face extending vertically above the buse or support 5.

The long erm of the lever is normally actuated forwardly by n. Uepring 15 which is fitted in between the member 6 and the inner fece of theshort arm of the lever.

By contacting u finger of one hund with ssy the extremity 14 and exerting an inwardv pressure the operator moves the long arm' of the lever to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Upon releasing the pres sure the long arm of the lever is snapped for-l wardly. lfVithin the upperface of the base is a hemispherical recess 16 below which the base is cut out as indicated at 17, so that the lower face of the recess eXtends into an open space below 'the base. Immediately below the recess is a spring 1S which is secured at one end at 19 having its free end extending beyond the edge oil the base and being slightly upsturned at 20 to form an engaging portion. This spring is depressed by the player with the hand opposite from that utilized in operating the lever, so that when it is released there is an upward movelnent of the spring which throws the ball 21 placed in the recess 16 upuf'ardly in a vertical direction. The ball is secured to the base by a iexible connection In operating the actuator, bycordinately releasingl the lever 11 and the spring 18, the ball is t roWn upwardly in the path of lateral movement of the lever 11. 'lhe lever has on its front face near the ends thereolr` and in alinement with the path of the vertical movement initially imparted tothe ball by the spring 18, a hemispherical projection 23, so that the ball will be struck by the said projection and be thrown upon the board, the actuator being placed at the side of the board adjacent to home base.

The ball will be projected at various positions upon the board dependent upon the relative contact point between the projection 23 on the lever 11 and the ball at each play, the force of the forward movement of the lever, and upon the recoil imparted to the ball by the flexible connection 22. lVhen the ball has come to rest after each operation the y value of the' play is determined in the manner above outlined. rl"he game is preferably played in accordance with the established rules of base ball and the highest score for nine innings played determines the Winner of the game.

lll hat l claim and desire to secure byA Letters Patent, is: i I

1. A game, comprising a ball., anta/ctuator `position at which a ball comes to rest afterl having been projected thereupon, an actuator cpmprismg a base, a spring operated device vfor moving the ball vertically, and a spring actuated device for striking the ball laterally from the path of'movement imparted thereto by the said first-named device Whereby the ball isprojected upon the board...

3. A game apparatus, comprising an actuating device for throwing a ball vertically, a mechanical striker located above the throwing device,said striker having a hemispherical projection thereon so that the ball is projected from the Vertical path of movement in various angular directions, and a game board adapted to be positioned solas to receivev the ball projected thereon, said game board being marked to determine the value of the play of the ball by the position at which the same comes to rest upon said board.

4. In a game apparatus, the combination of mechanical means for moving a ball in a vertical direction, and mechnical means for projecting the ball out of its vertical. path of movement in various angular directions, with a game board for determining the value of play according to the point at which the ball comes to rest after it has been actuated.

In a gaine apparatus, the combination of a ball, a flexible connection for limiting the movement of the ball, mechanical means for moving the ball in a vertical direction, and mechanical means for projecting the ball out of itsl vertical path of movement in various angular directions, with a game board for determining the'value of play according to the point at which the ball comes to rest after it has been actuated.

ERNEST OSCAR THALINGER. 

